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www i.i Storm That Hit Ankeny 'Definitely a Tornado9 vicinity of Fortieth Street and Kingman Boulevard. Damage was estimated at $5,000 and no CHURCH MULLS UPDATED CREED LOUISVILLE, KY (AP) -Southern Presbyterians Wednesday took under consideration a new creed, their first updated declaration of faith in more than three centuries. Its development parallels the earlier adoption of a modernized summation of belief by a sister denomination, the United Presbyterian Church, with which reunion is being proposed. The Rev. John Randolph Taylor of Atlanta, cochairman of a reunion commission, told newsmen the projected merger of the churches hinges to a large degree on the southern body's acceptance of the new credo.

The credo, 8,000 words in length, was presented to the governing assembly of the Presbyterian Church in the Southern U.S. by the head of a drafting committee, the Rev. Albert C. Winn, Richmond, Va. REGISTER PHOTOS BY FRANK FOLWELL Pastor, Wife Sift Through Church Remains Ds Molnet Register 4 June 20.

1974 DM. Crews WillPickUp Tree Debris STORM- Continued from Page One said Patten. The storm did not damage the gas system itself. Wednesday evening, Ankeny officials asked for volunteers to clear rubble from the most heavily damaged areas. No Other Bodies The only good news for Ankeny residents Wednesday: searchers discovered no other bodies in the carnage, and no persons were known to be missing.

Mr. and Mrs. 'Wallace L. White, both 55, died of suffocation in the rubble of their home, which was demolished. About 50 guardsmen, from units on training status at Camp Dodge, were sent to Ankeny.

A 60-kilowatt generator was mounted on a flatbed trail-er to supply electricity. Wednesday night, the guard made preparations for jeeps to patrol streets, aiding power line crews and serving as a discouragement to looters. About 10 troopers manned the patrol command post. Mayor 0. J.

Wiegle said water tested by the City of Ankeny and the state health department was safe to drink, and food supplies were adequate. The Polk County Health Department began giving tetanus shots at the Ankeny Fire Station and urged residents who had not received a tetanus shot in the last five years and who had received a cut or injury to get the inoculation. Disaster relief was being supplied by the Red Cross, Salvation Army and the National Guard. The Red Cross established a disaster fund, with only monetary gifts being accepted. Assessing Damage Mayor Weigel said the stunned city was still trying to assess the damage Wednesday evening.

No reliable counts had been made to determine the number of homes damaged or persons left homeless by the storm. About 10 persons were reported injured. "People are just trying to Church here Wednesday. The church, at 5075 Easton was leveled by Tuesday's tornado. The Rev.

Lawrence Mary, go through the i 6 Jj II By Otto Knauth Though apparently no one saw the actual tunnel, me storm that demolished much of Ankeny Tuesday night was "definitely a tornado," the Des Moines Office of the National Weather Service reported Wednesday. "There is just no question about it," said Perry Baker, acting Des Moines meteorologist. "We were able to trace the tornado path from where it first touched down in Ankeny all the way southeast across Interstate 80 to Pleasant Hill." Baker said he had no way of assessing accurately the dam age done by the tornado, "but $10 million would not be far off for just the damage caused Ankeny alone. Two persons died in the tor nado an Ankeny couple who apparently had retired early and did not receive the storm warning. Praises Police Baker had high praise for the Ankeny Police Department which, he said, did a "superb job" in alerting residents to the approaching storm.

He said the town tornado sirens were sounded at 9:40 p.m., almost an hour before the tornado struck at 10:33 p.m. In addition to the sirens, Baker said, police toured the town in squad cars to alert those who had not heard the sirens. "From our interviews, we, estimate that 90 per cent of the population sought shelter in their basements before the tornado arrived," Baker said. He credited the advance warnings issued by the Weather Service office with holding down the death toll. Baker said the tornado ap proached Ankeny from the northwest ripped the tops out of trees before actually touching ground in the Plaza Shopping Center.

1 Couple Killed The funnel apparently then briefly skipped up but touched down again to demolish the home of Mr. and Mrs. Wallace L. White, both of whom were killed. From there, Baker said, the tornado path could be traced southeastward to where it crossed Interstate 80 just west of FaffivMile Creek.

It touched ground again on a hilltop at Easton Boulevard and E. Fiftieth Street in Des Moines, where it damaged the Easton Baptist Church, Baker said. Then it skipped- across the Four-Mile Creek valley to rip into Pleasant Hill before finally dissipating aloft. "There was evidence of twisting tornado winds everywhere," Baker said. "Windows were exploded people complained of the sudden pressure drop hurting their ears." By coincidence, the Ankeny tornado occurred just a year to the day after Iowa's only fatal tornado of 1973.

Two persons were killed June 18 last year when a tornado struck the Woodbury County town of Mo-ville. Though there are probably few residents left to remember it, Ankeny was struck by a tornado almost 80 years ago in which 20 persons were killed. Killer Storm That killer storm swept across Polk City, Ankeny, Bondurant and the Jasper County hamlet of Valeria on the night of May 24, 1896. According to a history of Iowa tornadoes compiled by former State Climatologist Paul Waite, 20 persons were killed but damage amounted to only about $75,000. The area then was thinly populated farmland.

The city of Des Moines seems to lead a charmed life as far as tornadoes are concerned, Waite's history indicates. In its 120-year history, Des Moines has been struck by at least four tornadoes but all were small and damage was minor. According to Waite's records, the first tornado to strike the city occurred about 11 p.m. on Apr. 3, 1910, when a small twister unroofed some homes in the need me to help and I couldn't get out," she said.

"For all I knew their house was gone, too." She said her son was at work af the Armstrong Tire and Rubber Co. in Des Moines. "Then, Marilyn came back out, hollering and crying out to me, and I kept calling back, 'Marilyn! Marilyn! I'm still but still she didn't hear me," she said. She said Marilyn apparently called rescuers. "I heard people walking on top and.

looking for me," she said. "I grabbed a piece of metal and started beating on one was hurt. South Des Moines The next tornado struck Mar. 15, 1919, damaging homes and outbuildings in south Des Moines near the old Fort Des Moines Army post. Two other small twisters struck close to the city on two successive afternoons in July, 1934, Waite reported.

One dam aged the guardhouse and band stand at Fort Des Moines; the next day, another ripped through the freight yards in Valley Junction (now West Des Moines). No injuries were reported in either storm. I Possibly the most damaging storm in the city's history oc curred in the early morning hours of June 28, 1924. A straight wind storm ripped across the city, doing about a million dollars in damage, $70,000 of it in plate-glass windows alone. f-The wind reached speeds estimated at 60 miles an hour and toppled more than 1,000 trees and utility poles and damaged about 1,000 buildings.

More than a score of persons was injured. More recently, small tornadoes struck just north of Des Moines on May 10, 1959, and again on June 11, 1966. Worst Tornado Iowa's worst tornado disaster in terms of deaths is the Ca-manche tornado in which 134 persons were killed and 2,500 left homeless. That storm occurred June 3, 1860. Other major Iowa tornadoes include: Grinnell, June 17, 1882; 100 killed, $1 million damage.

Pomeroy, July 6, 1893; 89 killed, $225,000 damage. Clay County, Sept. 21, 1894; 53 killed. Harlan, Mar. 23, 1913; 33 killed, $1 million damage.

More recent Iowa storms include the Belmond tornado of Oct. 14, 1966, in which six persons were killed and damage was estimated at $12,500,000, and the storms of May 15, 1968, when 13 persons were killed at Charles City and four were killed at Oelwein and Maynard. Damage in those storms was estimated at more than $50 million. Mail Carriers Elect Officers (The Register's Iowa News Service) SIOUX CITY, IA. Ed Huston of Corydon was elected president of the Iowa Rural Mail Carriers Association Wednesday here at the organization's annual meeting.

Other officers are Guy De-Hoe vice-president; Doyle Vandelune, Prairie City, secretary; Henry Arkfeld, Panama, treasurer; Max Strang, Milton, chairman of the board and Warren Kness, Iowa Falls and Frank Lang, Kimballton, members of the board. Mrs. George Reeder of Fort Madison was elected president of the ladies auxiliary. Other officers of the auxiliary are Mrs. George Dirks, Hampton, vice-president; Mrs.

Bill Hall, Central City, secretary; Mrs. Frank Lang, Kimballton, treasurer; Mrs. Guy DeHoet, Cambridge, chairman of the board of directors and Mrs. Richard Kinsith, Ottison and Mrs. Bill Beach, Sharpsburg, members of the board.

$600 Million for Meals to Elderly WASHINGTON, D.C. (AP) -The Senate passed, 90 to 0, Wednesday a bill authorizing $600 million to extend the program of providing meals for the elderly in the next three years. Sponsors said the program, which has just gotten started, is providing 188,000 meals daily to low-income old persons at 4,714 meal sites. Some meals are taken to the homes of persons unable to go to a center. The bill also authorizes an additional $35 million to provide transportation so that more elderly persons can participate in the program.

The bill was sent back to the House for consideration of Senate changes. things and finally they heard me." She said rescuers picked debris off of her bit by bit and that finally she was able' to crawl backward part way out of "that hole." "Lucky Person" Rescuers then were able to pull her out the rest of the Way by her feet, she said. "It wasn't until I was out that I knew all the grandchildren were okay," she said. "I was really relieved on the way to the hospital." "I' just kept thinking, 'I'm really a lucky person. I'm The tornado also damaged the Administration Building at the Iowa State Fairgrounds in Des Moines.

Damage to a corner of the building and the porch roof is shown. OIL FIRM SUED BY MARYLAND BALTIMORE, MD. (AP) -The state of Maryland accused the Cities Service Oil Co. (Cit-go) Wednesday of forcing its service station operators to buy certain auto accessories from one supplier in a scheme that raised prices to consumers. The strategy was carried out "through threats of cancellation, non-renewal or other forms of termination" of dealers' leases, according to a suit filed in Baltimore City Circuit Court.

The suit charges that dealers were coerced into limiting their purchases of tires, batteries and accessories to Brooks-Huff Tire a Baltimore-based supplier. In return, the suit charged, Brooks-Huff wasr required to purchase goods from Citgo equal to the amount of products the supplier had sold to the dealers. The suit also lists various tirms ana individuals as un named co-conspirators. Officials of both Citgo and Brooks-Huff declined comment on the suit. The suit charged of the alleged tie-in has deprived Citgo dealers of freedom of choice and to ultimately raise prices to the consumer.

It asks for an immediate in-juction to halt the alleged prac tices and requests that Citgo and Brooks-Huff be prohibited from engaging in any type of business activity for five years A spokesman said that Citgo could face fines of up to $500,000 if convicted of criminal charges in the case. According to the suit, the al leged tie-ins have been going on since about 1965. State Atty. Gen. Francis B.

Burch said his office began its investigation in April and it would probably be more than three years before the case gets to court. Eye BUI to Repeal 'No-Knock' Law WASHINGTON, D.C. (AP) Legislation to repeal narcotics agents' authority to break into homes without identifying themselves was introduced in the Senate Wednesday. Senators Sam' Ervin N.C. and Gaylord Nelson sponsors of the repeal, said keeping the no-knock law on the books breeds an official attitude which places government agents above the law." ATTACK VILLAGE LISBON, PORTUGAL (AP)- Guerrillas attacked Sabondo village in Portugal's African territory of Mozambique, killing 10 women and.

children and wounding 12 persons, the Portuguese news agency Lusitania reported. He said that unlike past statements of faith, tms new credo does not provide "air tight, lawyer-like definitions" of doctrine, but speaks of God dealings with people in terms of "our day, of who we are and what we believe. The basic doctrinal standard of the southern church throughout its life has been the Westiminster Confession, which was drawn up by scholars in England in 1647. He said the Westminster Con- i would be retained, among nine historic statements of faith, to be included under proposal with the new credo in a Book of Confessions. The proposal, still to be acted on by the assembly here, calls for submission of the docu ments to local church units for a year's study prior to legisla tive action on it.

Two lowans Charged in Gaming Case Two eastern Iowa men have been charged by a federal grand jury here with operating and conspiring to operate a gambling operation in the Dav- enport-Bettendorf area between August, 1972, and January, 1973. The grand jury also charged the men with using telephone facilities to transmit across state lines bets and wagers on sporting events. Joseph Sharoian, 41, of Bet-tendorf and Darwin Ballinger, 36, of Muscatine, were accused of accepting wagers over telephone and of subsequently meeting with individual bettors to make settlements with them for wagers won and lost. Other persons called "run ners" were used to distribute parlay cards for betting pur poses and to accept wagers, the grand jury charged. Ballinger and Sharoian caused bettors and runners to travel from Rock Island County in Illinois to Scott County in Iowa to make settlements for wagers won and lost, the grand jury charged.

Maximum penalty upon conviction for each of the two counts is five years in prison, or a $10,000 fine, or both. The grand jury also charged Alice Cuddy, 26, of Newton with embezzling $4,180 in March of this year from the Jasper County Savings Bank in Newton. She is a teller at the bank, records show. She was charged with taking money on three different days She faces a maximum penalty, upon conviction, of five years in prison, or a $5,000 fine, or both, on each of the three counts against her. Elect New Mayor In East Dubuque (Special Dispatch to The Register) EAST DUBUQUE, ILL.

Don Allendorf, 63, was elected mayor here in a special election Tuesday to fill the unexpired term of Walter F. Gilli-gan, who died last December. Allendorf received 347 votes to Thomas Fluhr, 224. around to a half-sitting position, using a rain-dampened kitchen towel to wipe blood from her face and glasses. Grandmother's Worries "My daughter-in-law, Marilyn, came out right away and I could hear her hollering," Mrs.

Schoon said. "I yelled back, but the wind was blowing so hard and I guess she didn't hear me. I didn't hear her any more and I was alone." Mrs. Schoon said she spent much of the time wondering if her five grandchildren in the nearby house were all right. "I thought Marilyn might Dougherty and-his wife, ruins of Easton Baptist shut-off valve at the school could not be located during the night, water officials said.

However, Runnells was with- outelectrical power late Wednesday, officials said. The water supply would last about two days without electricity to run the pumps, officials said. NAJDORF VICTORY NICE, FRANCE (AP)-Play ing his own classic Najdorf variation on the Sicilian defense, Argentine grandmaster Micuel Naidorf defeated Ro mania's Viktor Ciocaltea Wed nesday in the fifth-round finals of the World Chess Olympiad. KISSINGER TO PARIS PARIS, FRANCE (AP) -The Elysee Palace announced Wednesday that Secretary of State Henry A. Kissinger will stop in Paris early next month to see President Valery Giscard d'Estaing.

No specific date was Blackmailed Mover9 Plan lion appropriation to complete the research and developmnt phase of the project. The government has spent $55 million on the project at Mor gantown, W.Va. When com-, pleted, it will carry students around the university's campus. More Funds Some 2.2 miles of elevated concrete, steel and copper guide ways have already been constructed and 45 rapid transit cars have been ordered. Another $50 million is estimated to be required to make the system operational.

However, the government contends the system is intended to include three stations 45 cars and the university maintains that it will be useless unless it includes six stations and 90 cars. The Appropriations Committee recommended that the $6.4 million earmarked for completing research and development go into dismantling the system unless the government and the school reach agreement on the project's future within 30 days after the bill is enacted. Claim U.S. Has Control Of Witness From tht Washington Bureau WASHINGTON, D.C. Attorneys for Air Force cost analyst A.

Ernest Fitzgerald accused the Justice Department Wednesday with interfering with the questioning of witnesses in a $3-million damage suit Fitzgerald has filed against former Nixon administration officials. John Bodner, one of the law yers, told U.S. District Judge Gerhard A. Gesell that Justice Department representations of nine defendants in the civil suit amounts to "a conflict of inter est" and that the department has interfered with his ques tioning of witnesses. Cost Overruns The suit, filed Jan.

25, charges that the defendants conspired to wrongfully fire Fitzgerald because of his testimony exposing more than $2 million in cost overruns on the CSA jet transport contract. Bodner and William Sollee, another Fitzgerald complained to Gesell after John Kelson, an attorney in the Justice Department, acknowledged that the department had instructed a witness, Carl Wallace, not to answer their questions. Wallace, formerly administrative assistant to former Defense Secretary Melvin Laird, handled some aspects of the Fitzgerald case. Laird is one of the defendants in the action. Kelson acknowledged that it was on his instructions that Wallace had refused to discuss the Fitzgerald fringe with Sollee.

He also told Bodner that the Justice Department is rep resenting and advising Wallace. Bodner challenged the Justice Department's authority to represent the nine defendants, claiming it will pose "conflicts of interest problems because each of the defendants will each seek to demonstrate that others are primarily responsible for the firing. "Third Party" Bodner also argued that even if the Justice Department has the legal authority to represent the defendants because their actions resulted from official duties, it has no right to represent a "third party" who is not a defendant in the action. Wallace is not a defendant. Fitzgerald said it puts the Justice Department in the role of controlling the testimony of all witnesses who were former government employees.

"It is unconscionable misuse of government power and authority that interferes with my rights to obtain truthful testimony," he said. "It is, in fact, a government-financed conspiracy to subvert the truth." Judge Gesell asked that lawyers for both Fitzgerald and the Justice Department file formal motions upon which he can make a ruling. A Justice Department spokesman said that Kelson's actions had the approval of Mrs. Carta Hills, the assistant attorney general in charge of the civil division. He said he did not know the specific authority to represent former officials who are not defendants; but that "the department does it all the time." The Justice Department said it will come up with a full justification for its action when it files its formal papers.

clean up right now, salvage what they can," said the mayor. "I'm certain we'll be talking about rebuilding soon." School Supt. Keith Hopkins said five of the district's six school buildings were damaged extensively. Damage to structures and contents was estimated at about $2 million, he said. The high school was hit the worst, Hopkins said.

High School Principal Darl Mullins said two wings of the building "got it hard. They exploded, you might say." Those wings included the in dustrial arts, band, vocal music distributive education and com' mercial departments. "There's $150,000 worth of equipment laying under that debris," Hopkins said. He said the opening of school this fall could be hampered because the buildings probably will not be repaired completely by September. However, he said, schools will be able to open but portable classrooms could be brought in temporarily.

"It's the oddities that amaze you," said Hopkins. At one of the elementary schools, the top halves of twp classrooms in a wing of the building were stripped away, he said. Left Uncouched However, two portable classrooms sitting on concrete blocks beside the demolished classrooms were, left untouched by the strong winds. "We should be covered financially on this," Hopkins said, "especially if it's declared a federal disaster area." However, he said the insurance company. Insurance Company of North America probably won't pay the difference of depreciation to replace old equipment.

He said he hoped federal funds or state funds could make up the difference because the district is at the top of its bonding capacity. By Wednesday evening, workers had restored power to Elk hart, almost all of Polk City, and 90 per cent of Bondurant, "Substantial" portions of north' east Des Moines remained with' out power, about half of Anke ny was without power, almost all of Altoona and Pleasant Hill were without power. "At the worst point, there were thousands of lines down," said Iowa Power spokesman Patten. "Our number one problem is clearing feeder lines of timber, metal and miscellaneous junk. Problem number two is to get secondary lines back into individual homes." It was one such downed feeder line which severely burned Bruce Oliver, a 4-year-old Des Moines boy.

He grabbed a wire as he was return ing from a aunt to a nearby service station to buy candy near S.E. Eighth Street Broad Avenue. He was listed in critical con dition early today at Mercy hos pital. In Des Moines, City Manager Richard Wilkey said city crews this morning will begin picking up fallen trees and branches in the northeast section of town, provided residents leave them on the parking. Get Water Again Water service was restored Wednesday in Runnells, south-1 east of Des Moines, where it had been interrupted when the elementary school chimney toppled, breaking a water main.

The water had to be shut off at the main tank because the Claims House On 'People WASHINGTON, D.C. (AP) -Proposed funds for an automated "people mover" at the University of West Virginia touched off charges of blackmail in Congress Wednesday from both supporters and critics of the experiment. Representative John McFall Calif.) accused the university of trying to get the federal government to expand the project while not holding up its end of the contract. McFall Charge "I do not think the government should yield to what I take to be blackmail," McFall said. His remarks were challenged by Representative Harley O.

Staggers W.Va.), who criticized House Apprpriations Committee recommendation calling for project to be dis mantled if agreement can't be leached. Staggers said this attitude amounted to the government putting "the gun to our head." The outburst came during debate over a proposed She Worries About Grandchildren TRAPPED-- Continued from Page One never had the chance to jump. Something big pushed me out." She landed on her right breaking her collar bone and one rib and suffering a head cut which later required stitches. She was listed in satisfactory condition. "I was there in the mud and everything was coming down around me," she said.

"All I remember is a lot of noise and wind and the. sound of glass shattering." She said she worked herself.